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Newcomers’ Guide: Climbing Grades
Earlier, we published a deep dive on how to...
September 5, 2021
Jilli Cluff
A Complete Guide to Climbing Grades
Simply put, rock climbing grades describe the difficulty of...
August 30, 2021
Sam Anderson
The Women Who Are Pushing Ice Climbing Forward
As in mountaineering, there are still more men than...
November 12, 2021
Kris Annapurna
Interview: Iker and Eneko Pou on Adventure, Technical Difficulty and Olympic Climbing
Brothers Iker and Eneko Pou share their love of...
January 22, 2018
Martin Walsh
Kruder Sends Sharma’s Mallorca Deep Water Solo Test Piece Days After Schubert
This morning, Jernej Kruder confirmed via Instagram that he...
October 15, 2021
Sam Anderson
Villanueva O’Driscoll Solos Patagonia’s Fitz Traverse
Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll of Belgium has just soloed the...
February 12, 2021
Martin Walsh
Weekend Warm-Up: Marcel Remy — 94 Years Old and Back to the Summit
Born in 1923, Swiss alpinist Marcel Remy is now...
June 25, 2022
Jilli Cluff
Weekend Warm-Up: The Search for Unclimbed Peaks
In November 2019, Swiss alpinists Lukas Hinterberger, Nicolas Hojac,...
June 18, 2022
Jilli Cluff
Clint Helander: Two Alaskan Dreams Fulfilled
Mount Hunter's Native American name is Begguya, which means...
June 3, 2022
Angela Benavides
Biggest Bolted Climb on the Continent: New 33-Pitch Route Developed in Canada
Earlier this month, a team of four Canada-based climbers...
June 2, 2022
Austin Beck-Doss
Second Seven Summits: Dykh-Tau
The Second Seven Summits, the lesser-known and more difficult...
June 2, 2022
Kris Annapurna
Alaska Roundup: Denali Summits and Another Death
The summer season for Alaska and Denali officially began...
May 27, 2022
Martin Walsh
World’s Hardest Sport Climb? Seb Bouin Thinks His New Route Cuts It
Veteran 9a+ climber Seb Bouin holds a handful of...
May 5, 2022
Sam Anderson
Ben Lieber Solos Alaska’s Classic Moose’s Tooth in 3.5 Hours
On April 14, 2022, American alpinist Ben Lieber soloed...
May 1, 2022
Jilli Cluff
On Thin Ice: New 1,100m Revelation Route Offers Little Purchase
Matt Cornell and Jackson Marvell punched out a long,...
April 27, 2022
Sam Anderson
Arrogance or Modesty: Franco Cookson’s Odd First Ascent
If you didn't know who Franco Cookson was until...
April 14, 2022
Sam Anderson
Dave MacLeod Repeats ‘Lexicon,’ Hardest Trad Climb in England
Scottish climbing legend Dave MacLeod climbed what many think...
April 10, 2022
Sam Anderson
‘Shaft of the Abyss’ on Golgotha Pushes Marin, Helander to the Limit
Andres Marin and Clint Helander had to work hard...
April 5, 2022
Sam Anderson
Weekend Warm-Up: Heavenly Trap
The very first shot in Heavenly Trap, the 36-minute...
April 2, 2022
Martin Walsh
Flurry of Repeats on France’s Hardest Trad Climb
James Pearson's Le Voyage (E10, 7a) sat without a...
April 1, 2022
Sam Anderson
Simon Messner Leaves Innsbruck With Frozen Toes and a Great New Route
Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer risked life and limb...
March 29, 2022
Sam Anderson
Laura Tiefenthaler Defeats Doubts for Eiger North Face Solo
Alone at 3,970m on the North Face of the...
March 28, 2022
Sam Anderson
Adam Ondra is So Far Ahead of Everyone Else, It’s Crazy
Adam Ondra has carried the “world’s best climber” mantle...
March 25, 2022
Sam Anderson
Weekend Warm-Up: Beginner to 9a in Four Years
The German-born Martina Demmel oozes natural talent. When she...
March 20, 2022
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